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"Queen and Country" begins with a reprise of one of the most famous scenes in British cinema -- that magical moment from John Boorman's "Hope and Glory" when a schoolboy -- Bill Rohan -- living in London during the Blitz, turns a corner and is stunned by a chaotic scene before him depicting every child's fantasy: The Germans have bombed his school, and children are screaming in delight -- throwing papers and books in the air. There's nothing so jaunty or joyous in the writer-director's long-delayed sequel to that semi-autobiographical 1987 film.
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The photo shows Snowden before he was a whistle-blower, as an ordinary man in uniform who unquestioningly served his country. The film stars Gordon-Levitt in the title role alongside a critically-acclaimed cast comprising of Golden GlobeA Nominee Shailene Woodley , Academy AwardA -Winner, Melissa Leo , Zachary Quinto , Tom Wilkinson , Rhys Ifans , Joely Richardson and Timothy Olyphant .
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the national premiere of "The Birth of a Nation," D.W. Griffith's simultaneously racist and classic movie. I made the argument today that everyone should watch the film .
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The most popular and notorious film of the silent era reaches its centenary with its cinematic splendor and racial notoriety intact At earlier screenings in Los Angeles it was called The Clansman , after the Thomas Dixon Jr. novel and play on which it was based. But David Wark Griffith must have realized that his film deserved a grander title.
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First look: 'Snowden' It's from Oliver Stone's upcoming film. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1AC8Q5B This photo shows him before he became the National Security Agency hero/whistle-blower we know so well.
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In November, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was officially confirmed to play Edward Snowden - the former CIA agent and NSA whisteblower who leaked classified documents to the media - and now, we have our first look at the 34-year-old actor in what is sure to be a memorable role. The Dark Knight Rises star posted the image, which sees Gordon-Levitt wearing a stoic expression while dressed in army gear, to his Facebook page on Tuesday before detailing his experience during the first day of shooting the Oliver Stone -directed film, titled Snowden .
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Today marks a raw and uncomfortable anniversary in film history: One hundred years ago, D.W. Griffith's highly fictionalized history of the founding of the Ku Klux Klan, "The Birth of a Nation," made its national debut. And while I understand the impulse to treat the movie as a distasteful relic of an earlier time , a racist narrative that Hollywood ought to have surpassed long ago, I also think everyone ought to watch it.
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A century ago, on March 3, 1915, the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history opened in New York. "The Birth of a Nation" had premiered in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, and on Feb. 18 it became the first feature film to be screened at the White House.
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This 1914 file photo shows a scene from D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" movie depicting Ku Klux Klan members riding horses against soldiers, filmed in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Based on Thomas Dixon's novel, "The Clansman," it was set in the American Civil War.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is once again explaining his remarks about his biracial son and interactions with officers, saying they weren't disrespectful to police. During a Monday night appearance on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, de Blasio said the comments were not new and referred to a part of history that still hasn't been worked out.
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BRITISH DIRECTOR John Schlesinger would go on to make award winners "Midnight Cowboy" and) but first, he gave us "Far from the Madding Crowd." The 1967 historical romance based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, starred model/actress Julie Christie, who also starred in Schlesinger's, "Darling."
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Opening night of the 2015 UCLA Festival of Preservation is this Thursday evening, March 5th. The Festival of Preservation is a biennial month-long series celebrating the work of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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The communications staff of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin apologized to Elyas M'Barek on Facebook. Austrian actor Elyas M'Barek only wanted to promote his new movie when he gave an interview to Berlin-based newspaper Tagesspiegel that was published Sunday.
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The true story of how Mrs. Thatcher, the most divisive Prime Minister of modern times, was brought down by her one time friend and political soul mate. It is 1989 and a seemingly invincible Prime Minister has sacked Geoffrey Howe, her Foreign Secretary.
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MEL BROOKS LIVE IN LONDON, a Brooksfilms Limited and Corniche Pictures event, will be a special one-night only event on Sunday March 22nd, 2015 at 7:30pm at The Prince of Wales Theatre in London. American comedy legend Mel B rooks takes the stage for his first-ever solo show in the UK, sure to be chock-full of childhood memories, Hollywood history, unforgettable live music and uproarious laughter.
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D.W. Griffith's three-hour Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, was released in March 3 1915 after a special showing in March at President Woodrow Wilson's White House. It is widely recognized as a blueprint for the feature-length movie and as a showcase for Griffith's Tolstoyan command of historical narrative, from the battlefield to the front porch.
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